Friday, May 13, 2016

Life Is Best

I hate having to make excuses. Sure, life gets busy, and we all have life situations that pull us in multiple directions, and we never get to do everything we want to do. But I miss spending time here. I love to write, and this blog provides a daily opportunity to scratch that writing itch. But I'm not able to make that time to do it.

"Time and tide wait for no man." - Geoffrey Chaucer

I work a pretty stressful job, and it requires a lot of time and effort. So much so, that it has impacted my health in a fairly significant negative way. I find myself not sleeping well, and I deal with stress and hypertension requiring medication for high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and even my hair is thinning very quickly. My boss is very demanding, and because I tend to have responsibility as the top value in my makeup, it drives much of this stress since I never feel as if I am doing enough, or as good a job as I want with whatever it is I'm doing. In addition, there is a lot of travel that I am required to take, and I just returned from the first of four trips in the next four months, three to Oklahoma City, which is where I was all this week. These are not pleasure trips.

Being a single father with an almost-teen daughter only adds to that stress, no matter how wonderful I think she is. I can never give her enough of my time, the time she deserves, and I constantly feel like I need to make up for the fact she doesn't have a mother in her life. How can I possibly do enough?

Add to all of this the Stanley Cup playoffs, and, well.... Let's just say that being a diehard sports fan isn't all fun and games, even though that's what it is meant to be.

Anyway, It was a difficult week, and I'm tired, and I found myself catching up on email this evening and I realized that the blog is just sitting here... waiting. I don't even know if anyone is out there still reading this stuff. And, if so, you deserve better for taking your own time to read my gibberish.

That said, please don't give up on me. I desire to do so much better.

1 Peter 5:10 - "And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."

I've been suffering for a little while, but I firmly believe that God will restore me, and I intend to spend this weekend doing the things I want to do. And my daughter and I will enjoy ourselves, and I will for get all about this past week, and I remain hopeful that the best is yet to come. Life is best.

4 comments:

I just wanted you to know that your words were just what I needed to hear at this exact moment. I googled "away from the things of man" and your blog was the first thing I saw. I'm a wife to a wonderful man, mother to wonderful children, and grandmother to beautiful grandchildren. But I'd given up on being wonderful for them, given up on me. I've known God, but given up on Him. The scripture you posted is proof of His love for me and hope for my future. I will take it and stand on His promise to me. Thank you and may God bless you and yours forever.

Don't worry, EF, we're all still out here reading. I might not always comment, because I often find it difficult to think of something to say that'd be of help, and sometimes it's better to say nothing than just trot out a mere platitude - but I'm still reading.

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Matthew 16:23 - "But he turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.'"

Isaiah 41:10 - "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

1 Peter 5:10 - "And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."

1 Thessalonians 4:13 - "But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope."

Titus 2:7-8 - "In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us."

John 15:13 - "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

Joshua 24:15 - "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

James 1:2-4 - "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Philippians 4:8 - "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

Luke 2:14 - "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

"Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come." - C.S. Lewis

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." - George Washington

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

"You don't lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The future starts today, not tomorrow." -- Pope John Paul II

"No man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence the Angel, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

"Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life; enjoy it." - Jim Henson